Amazing red, white and blue nail art

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Fun designs with patriotic undertones

While these three manicures aren't patriotic in design, their colors are bursting with national pride.

Glam dots

Supplies:

Essie's Butler Please

Essie's Blanc

OPI's Color So Hot It Berns

Dotting tool

Crystals

Instructions:

Begin with a red base coat.

Using your dotting tool, place 3 white dots down the center of each nail.

Place a crystal on each finger's middle dot.

Using the smaller end of the dotting tool, place a blue dot in the center of the remaining dots.

Striped and dotted

Supplies:

Essie's Blanc

OPI's Color So Hot It Berns

Essie's Butler Please

Red and blue striping tape

Dotting tool

Instructions:

Begin with a white base coat.

Cut a piece of red striping tape and place it down the side of your nail, trimming at the bottom.

Repeat for each nail, alternating colors.

Using your dotting tool, fill in the smaller space to the side of the tape with small dots in the corresponding color. Let dry and apply a top coat.

Faded through

Supplies:

Essie's Butler Please

Essie's Blanc

PaintFab's Red Hot Mama

Q-tips

Nail polish remover

Instructions:

Begin with 2 coats of red for your base coat.

Paint white over it, let dry, and paint blue over that.

You'll now have 3 layers of color.

Dip a Q-tip in nail polish remover and rub away the nail polish in one spot until you reach the red layer. Use the other clean side of the Q-tip and repeat, making different faded spots on all the nails. Follow with top coat.